Karns City, Pennsylvania, 1,309 students in 3 schools

Karns City Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Karns City get?

About 28.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 18 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.7 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Karns City?

12.5 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 18 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 57.7 inches.

Q: How does the Karns City snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Karns City through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Karns City’s own big snow morning: 2.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 18 miles away.

Q: Can Pennsylvania schools hold a remote day instead?

A district with a PDE accepted plan can turn up to five closure days a year, including snow days, into Flexible Instructional Days that count as school days; they can be online, offline or both.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Karns City, measured against Karns City's own big snow morning of 2.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Karns City close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Karns City.

Ten winters of school mornings

Karns City’s snow record

28.1inches of snow a winter

3.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

2.7 ina big snow morning in Karns City: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1.5Nov

5.4Dec

10.9Jan

5.8Feb

3.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.5 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 57.7 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 8.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 18 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

The Pennsylvania rule

How Pennsylvania counts a lost day

Pennsylvania requires either 180 days, or hours: 900 for kindergarten through grade 6 and 990 for grades 7 to 12, as the district chooses. The state forgives no days; districts are expected to build make-up days into the calendar for closures beyond any Flexible Instructional Days.

The Pennsylvania rules in the agency’s own words, and every Pennsylvania district

Next door

Districts near Karns City

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Moniteau School DistrictWest Sunbury	28.1 in	0.8
Butler Area School DistrictButler	38.9 in	1.4
Armstrong School DistrictKittanning	20.7 in	0.6
Slippery Rock Area School DistrictSlippery Rock	28.1 in	0.8
Knoch School DistrictSaxonburg	14.6 in	0.4
Freeport Area School DistrictSarver	14.6 in	0.4

The schools

3 schools

Every school in Karns City follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Karns City HS

Elementary

Chicora El Sch, Chicora
Sugarcreek El Sch, Cowansville

Questions

Karns City snow day questions

How much snow does Karns City get?

What was the biggest snow day near Karns City?

How does the Karns City snow day predictor work?

How does Pennsylvania handle snow days?

Can Pennsylvania schools hold a remote day instead?

More winter

More for Pennsylvania snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Pennsylvania winter forecastThe season ahead for Pennsylvania: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle — The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.